I thought it was flawed but got the big things right. Parts of it felt lazy or slapped together (Peggy, Stan, I'm looking at both of you). But I thought Don got the right ending. Too many people wanted him to change in ways he'd never shown himself capable of. It was more fitting that he really didn't change but seemingly found a way to survive for another round of this life thing we're all battling through. It was a little bit sly, a little bit exasperating (at least for the idealists), but at the end of the day it felt true.

I won't say anything about the person who got the saddest ending (on the off chance there's still anyone who plans to watch and hasn't yet), but I thought that was a grand slam. The shock and poignancy of it took the whole thing to another level.

I watched few of the shows you all mentioned, but I definitely enjoyed the ending of "Hannibal", also because I have a friend who watched it all at the same time as I did, though not together, and we were pretty stoked.

The LOST finale is a particularly dear memory because I watched it with a bunch of friends and we had a Dharma Party. Pity I don't have the pictures handy, but maybe I'll find them and post them later, otherwise our level of nerdiness is hard to understand. Sadly I've grown mostly estranged from those friends. I'd give anything to have a similar experience again. I guess they grew up and I did not. Or I grew old too fast.

(I had no problem with the finale, BTW. I interpreted it as not exactly heaven but as a "Waiting Room" outside time and space, independent from the actual time of death or even final destination of the characters. I was disappointed by several things in the show, but in general I enjoyed the ride.)

I must also have been excited for some GoT season finale or other, but the show burned me so badly that I can't even remember.

Actually I've been excited while waiting for every single episode of The Return, but tonight I'm quite sad, and what makes me feel better is the prospect of a head-bursting binge and lots of discussion here. (Plus I'm taking notes for a prospective conference I'd like to hold at some multifandom convention. I'm not very hopeful about it because I know only one person who is as passionate as I am - the above-mentioned Hannibal friend - but meanwhile I write.) I'm still reeling from Ep. 16, and for the first time in these months I wish I had more time to enjoy Dale Cooper's epic awakening before it's all over.

It's my bedtime now, and I hope tomorrow morning I'll manage to watch the finale, Tuesday at the most. I wish you all a great TP night. It's been a privilege dreaming with you.

For all these shows that I've never watched, and likely never will, can anybody explain why they're themutts nuts, in terms of what happened in that final episode; why was it so grand, what was tied up, what surprises happened etc?

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